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LIEBREICH, Richard (1830-1917). Atlas der Ophthalmoscopie. Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1863. 2o (396 x 283 mm). Text in French and German. 12 chromolithgraphed plates (one folding). Modern quarter morocco. FIRST EDITION of first atlas of the fundus. "The author was an assistant to Helmholtz at the time of the invention of the ophthalmoscope" (Garrison-Morton). The work is illustrated with brilliantly colored chromolithographs which were made from Liebreich's drawings. Garrison-Morton 5892; Heirs of Hippocrates 1967; Waller 5802.